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Sanskrit vs Indonesian


Indonesian vs Sanskrit


Countries

Countries
India  
Indonesia  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
India  
Indonesia  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
East Timor, Indonesia  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa  

Interesting Facts
  • Sanskrit language has highest number of vocabularies than any other language.
  • Sanskrit Language has proved to help in speech therapy, also it increases concentration and helps to learn maths and science better.
  
  • The modern Indonesian language uses many loan words from Persian, Chinese and Arabic.
  • In Indonesian language, spelling is phonetically precise, so that words are spelled as they sound.
  

Similar To
Old German Language  
Malay language  

Derived From
Prakrit Language  
Malay and Dutch Languages  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Sanskrit-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Indonesian-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
52  
31
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
16  
13
6  
3

How Many Consonants
36  
26
19  
9

Scripts
Devanagari  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
7  
6

Time Taken to Learn
20 weeks  
5
36 weeks  
10

Greetings

Hello
नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ)  
Halo  

Thank You
धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh)  
Terima kasih  

How Are You?
कथमस्ति भवान् (kathamasti bhawān)  
Apa kabar?  

Good Night
शुभरात्री (shubharātrī)  
Selamat Malam  

Good Evening
शुभः सायंकालः  
Malam yang baik  

Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार  
Selamat Sore  

Good Morning
सुप्रभातम् (suprabhātam)  
Selamat Pagi  

Please
कृपया (kripayā)  
mohon Untuk  

Sorry
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)  
maaf  

Bye
पुनः मिलामः(punah milamah)  
Selamat tinggal  

I Love You
त्वामनुरजामि (twāmanurajāmi)  
Aku cinta kamu  

Excuse Me
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)  
Permisi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Not present  
Sundanese  

Where They Speak
Not Available  
Indonesia  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
38,000,000.00  
8

Dialect 2
Not present  
Balinese  

Where They Speak
Not Available  
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
3,300,000.00  
17

Dialect 3
Not present  
Minangkabau  

Where They Speak
Not Available  
Indonesia, Malaysia  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
6,000,000.00  
7

Total No. Of Dialects
0  
46  
30

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
14.10 million  
99+
163.00 million  
11

Speaking Population
Not Available  
1.16 %  
14

Native Speakers
14.10 million  
99+
23.00 million  
34

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
140.00 million  
4

Native Name
संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam)  
Bahasa Melayu  

Alternative Names
Not Available  
Bahasa Indonesia  

French Name
sanskrit  
indonésien  

German Name
Sanskrit  
Bahasa Indonesia  

Pronunciation
[səmskr̩t̪əm]  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Not Available  
Indonesians  

History

Origin
2000 B.C.  
7th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Indonesian  

Branch
Indic  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Vedic Sanskrit  
Old Malay  

Standard Forms
Sanskrit  
Indonesian  

Language Position
Not Available  
56  
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
sa  
id  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
san  
ind  

ISO 639 2/B
san  
ind  

ISO 639 3
san  
ind  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
sans1269  
indo1316  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Ancient  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Agglutinative  

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Sanskrit and Indonesian Language History

Comparison of Sanskrit vs Indonesian language history gives us differences between origin of Sanskrit and Indonesian language. History of Sanskrit language states that this language originated in 2000 B.C. whereas history of Indonesian language states that this language originated in 7th Century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Sanskrit and Indonesian Language History.

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Sanskrit and Indonesian Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Sanskrit and Indonesian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Sanskrit and Indonesian language. Sanskrit word for "Hello" is नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ) or Indonesian word for "Thank You" is Terima kasih. Find more of such common Sanskrit Greetings and Indonesian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Sanskrit vs Indonesian Difficulty

The Sanskrit vs Indonesian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Sanskrit Alphabets and Indonesian Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Sanskrit and Indonesian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Sanskrit and Indonesian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Sanskrit is 20 weeks while to learn Indonesian time required is 36 weeks.

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